An Alternate form of the Wechsler Memory Scale

Stone, Calvin P.; Girdner, J B; Albrecht, Ruth

doi:10.1080/00223980.1946.9917307

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“…Comparisons between the raw scores needed to obtain an MQ of 100 in the present sample and in Wechsler's (1945) standardization sample, to which Form 2 of the Scale is referenced (Stone, Girdner, & Albrecht, 1946), reveals that somewhat higher raw scores are required in the present sample over the age of 39 (e.g., 60 for ages 30-59 compared with 58 for 40-44, 56 for 45-49, 54 for 50-54 and 52 for 55-59; 56 for ages 60-69 compared with 50 for ages 60-64 in the American standardization sample). In part this may reflect the fact that Form 2 is somewhat easier than Form 1 (Ivison, 1988;Keesler et al, 1984;McCarty et al, Downloaded by [University of Sussex Library] at 03:12 18 June 2016 1980).…”

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Towards a standardization of the wechsler memory scale form 2

Ivison¹

1993

Clinical Neuropsychologist

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1993

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“…The patients and control subjects were subjected to neurological assessment to exclude subjects with neurological deficits. Both groups were then subjected to cognitive functions assessment by the following psychometric tests: (1) the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) [10], which assesses orientation, registration, attention, calculation, recall and language, and (2) the Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS) subtests [11][12][13], which were applied and included digit span, mental control, logical memory, associate learning and visual reproduction.…”

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Effect of Surgical Menopause on Cognitive Functions

Farrag

Khedr

Abdel‐Aleem

et al. 2002

Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord

114

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To investigate the effect of estrogen deficiency on cognitive function in surgically menopausal women, a prospective study was conducted at the University Hospital in Assiut, Egypt, during the period of July 1997 to August 1999. The study included 35 women subjected to total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy for nonmalignant causes. They were subjected to cognitive assessment by Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS) subtests, and measurement of auditory Event-Related Potentials (ERPs) and serial serum estradiol levels determination. Eighteen age- and education-, body-weight- and parity-matched control women were recruited for comparison. A significant decline in MMSE, WMS subtests (digit span, visual memory, logical memory and mental control) and prolongation of P300 of ERP latency was observed in the patient group at 3 and 6 months postoperatively. These changes were not observed in the control group. A significant correlation was found between serum estradiol level and mental control subtest score and P300 latency in patients preoperatively. Patients who had a drop of estrogen level >50% had more cognitive function decline. Rapid decline in estrogen level following surgical menopause was associated with a deleterious effect on cognitive function. Such observations may contribute to more understanding of the age-related cognitive decline in females.

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“…The score was the number of easy and difficult associations correctly reproduLced on the final trial. Two equivalent forms of the test are available, which Stone, Girdner, and Albrecht (1946) considered to be well matched for difficulty level.…”

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Intellectual Changes Following Temporal Lobectomy for Psychomotor Epilepsy: Preliminary Communication

Meyer

Yates²

1955

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry

218

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The principal concomitants of psychomotor epilepsy have been well described by Gibbs, Gibbs, and Fuster (1948). According to them:"The chief clinical manifestations of psychomotor seizures may be described as follows The patient becomes confused and as a rule amnesic but does not usually lose consciousness. His movements appear purposeful but are poorly coordinated and his manner is frequently negativistic. In general his behaviour is that of a person acting out a bad dream.Often during the seizure therle are manifestations of fear or rage with screaming and shouting. tn most seizures the movements are simple, repetitive and more or less automatic."The patients with whom the present report is concerned were selected for operation (temporal lobectomy) " upon the evidence, first clinical, then electroencephalographic, that a single dominant focus existed in the anterior part of a temporal lobe; secondly, that the seizures had not been controlled by adequate anticonvulsant therapy" (Hill, 1953).During the course of routine psychological testing, it was observed that some of the patients who underwent the operation showed a gross learning deficit on certain psychological tests, although their intelligence level as measured by other tests showed no decline. For this reason, a testing programme gradually developed which was aimed at clarifying the nature of this deficit and establishing its reliability. The present paper presents preliminary findings on a number of patients with respect to intellectual changes before and after the operation. Since the investigation developed gradually out of clinical requirements, not all of the patients have been given all of the tests. Review of the LiteratureThe literature concerned with the effects of temporal lobectomy is relatively sparse, particularly where the operation is performed for the relief of focal epilepsy without complicating factors such as tumours. Reports on psychological changes following the operation are both infrequent and usually quite inadequate, in so far as the need for statistical tests of significance is ignored and the possible influence of various relevant factors left uncontrolled.In the most recent work attention has been mainly confined to consideration of the effects of the operation on the number of fits the patient suffers, and the possible intellectual changes resulting from this operation have been largely ignored or discussed in very general terms. Thus, Bailey and Gibbs (1951) reported on the post-operative status of 25 cases where the disturbance was confined to one lobe. They reported that no aphasic disturbances took place, but although intelligence and other psychological tests were given, no results were reported. Green, Duisberg, and McGrath (1951) investigated pre-and post-operatively 23 patients failing to respond to systematic medical therapy and demonstrating spontaneous electroencephalographic spiking in the anterior temporal areas. Although

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An Alternate form of the Wechsler Memory Scale

Cited by 61 publications

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Towards a standardization of the wechsler memory scale form 2

Towards a standardization of the wechsler memory scale form 2

Effect of Surgical Menopause on Cognitive Functions

Intellectual Changes Following Temporal Lobectomy for Psychomotor Epilepsy: Preliminary Communication

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